NETFILE - "The T4 box 78 amount must be entered within a T4 footnote and a T2121 fishing."

You have received this message, because the amount of box 78 - "Memo Box 78 Fishers gross earnings" of T4 slip must also be entered as self-employment income:


1 - In the Left side menu on the "Interview" tab, click on "Interview setup" section and, on the right-hand side of the page, tick the box for "Self-employed business income". Click "Next".

2 - Return in the Left side menu, click on "Self-employment income" section and select the option "T2121 - Fishing income".

3 - On the "Fishing business identification" page, enter your full name in the field for "Business name" and enter the required information in the sections marked with a red asterisk.

4 - For the question "6-digit code from the North American industry classification system", enter the code that best describes your business. If you do not know the code, click the "help" button (the circled question mark (?)) on the right side of the box to obtain it.

5 - In the "Income, expenses" page, enter the amount from Box 78 in the field "Fishers - Gross income (Income from T4 Box 78)".

NOTE: If you received more than one slips with an amount in box 78, enter the total amount of all boxes 78.

The amount will be carried over to line 143 of the federal return and, if applicable, to line 164 of the Quebec return, as well as line 24 of Quebec Schedule L. The program will also generate the form T2121.

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